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What Causes Persistent Anxiety Despite Taking Klonopin And Xanax?
Question: I have recently been prescribed Klonopin .25mg twice a day. I was on Xanax 1mg as needed. my question is why would i take the Klonopin 2 times a day for anxity and panic when i would just take xanax when i felt an attack coming on? i was just wondering why Klonopin is taken diffrently when they are similar, I dont want to get addicted to it.
Brief Answer:
Clarifications
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for using health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
However I would require a couple of more details to help you in answering your query in a better and justified way.
1) How frequently were you taking xanax?
2) How was the control of your symptoms while taking xanax?
Hope to hear from you at your earliest convenience.
Regards and wish you good health,
Dr. Srikanth Reddy MD
Clarifications
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for using health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
However I would require a couple of more details to help you in answering your query in a better and justified way.
1) How frequently were you taking xanax?
2) How was the control of your symptoms while taking xanax?
Hope to hear from you at your earliest convenience.
Regards and wish you good health,
Dr. Srikanth Reddy MD
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Prasad
i would take the Xanax 3 or 4 times a week and it helped my anxiety greatly
Brief Answer:
Both the options are not good enough
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the details.
Both the treatments that you are planning are not good.Both klonopin and xanax are benzodiazepines and have a chance of addiction. Both these treatments will only control addiction but will not cure anxiety disorder. The symptoms that you are experiencing occurs cause of imbalance of certain neurotransmitters in the brain. especially serotonin, nor adrenaline, and dopamine to some extent. Medicines are the best options to take care of these symptoms. Paroxetine is the the most popular medicine and my drug of choice. I generally prescribe my patients 12.5 mg per day at night which takes care of anxiety symptoms. You may still take xanax 0.5mg as and when required but as paroxetine will start showing its response your requirement for xanax will start reducing.
Also there is an option of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). This therapy is taken by either a psychologist or a psychiatrist in which the therapist identifies impaired cognitions (Thoughts) and try to correct them. They are 15-20 min weekly session and there should be around 8-10 sessions to help you with your illness.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
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Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
Both the options are not good enough
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the details.
Both the treatments that you are planning are not good.Both klonopin and xanax are benzodiazepines and have a chance of addiction. Both these treatments will only control addiction but will not cure anxiety disorder. The symptoms that you are experiencing occurs cause of imbalance of certain neurotransmitters in the brain. especially serotonin, nor adrenaline, and dopamine to some extent. Medicines are the best options to take care of these symptoms. Paroxetine is the the most popular medicine and my drug of choice. I generally prescribe my patients 12.5 mg per day at night which takes care of anxiety symptoms. You may still take xanax 0.5mg as and when required but as paroxetine will start showing its response your requirement for xanax will start reducing.
Also there is an option of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). This therapy is taken by either a psychologist or a psychiatrist in which the therapist identifies impaired cognitions (Thoughts) and try to correct them. They are 15-20 min weekly session and there should be around 8-10 sessions to help you with your illness.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
XXXX
Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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